Femke Schaap  (1972)

Over de kunstenaar
Born in Woerden, The Netherlands. Lives and works in Amsterdam.

Schaap’s projection-sculptures have been exhibited in art fairs, galleries, festivals and museums such as the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2000), Kyoto Art Center (Japan, 2001), Museum of Modern Art (Arnhem, 2003), Center for Contemporary Art Kiev (Ukraine, 2003), and 42 Steps (Xiamen, China, 2003).

Education
MFA, Sandberg Instituut,Amsterdam ( 1995-1997 )
RietveldAcademie, Amsterdam ( 1990-1995 )
San FranciscoArt Institute, FilmDepartement ( 1993 )

Prizes & residencies
2007 - UrbanGlass Artists Fellowship, BrooklynNYC
2003 - Residence Chinese EuropeanArtCenter, Xiamen,China
2000 - FORTISbeeldendekunstPRIJS, first price
1999 - PrixNouvelles Images, nomination
1997 - Prix de Rome Sculpture, first price

Exhibitions (selection)
2006 - Turrissima, Torino, Metis.nl, newinstallations
2006 - Het Torentje, Almelo, “Expanding InteriorDimensions” (s)
2005 - The KxGallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2005 - De Paviljoens, Almere, “Grote Kunst voor KleineMensen”
2005 - FBKVB, Amsterdam, “Granted 026”
2005 - HpvK, Amsterdam, “Lightness, Luxory and Lies”
2005 - Metis.nl, Amsterdam, “WhiteGlassWatching” (s)
2004 - Wood StreetGalleries, Pittsburgh,USA,“Drawn byReality, ...”
2004 - Chinese EuropeanArtCenter, Xiamen,China, “Selected Spam” (s)
2003 - 42 Steps, Xiamen,China, “co-existence”
2003 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Arnhem, “Turbulence”
2003 - Center forContemporaryArt, Kiev, Ukraine, “Turbulence”
2002 - Centraalmuseum,Utrecht “Biennale vd Eenminuten”
2002 - Chinese EuropeanArtCenter, Xiamen, China, “Thisminute”
2001 - KyotoArtCenter, Kyoto, Japan, “ K xA,NewDirections”
2001 - CentraalMuseum, Utrecht, Impakt Festival Exhibition
2001 - Metis, Amsterdam ”ActionMan” (s)
2001 - KunstRaiArtfair, Amsterdam, filminstallation for galleryMetis.NL (s)
2000 - Arti etAmicitiae, Amsterdam, "Sandberg Zoveel"
2000 - StedelijkMuseum, Amsterdam, "ForReal"
2000 - Pand Paulus Potter, Schiedam, "FORTISbeeldendekunstPRIJS"
2000 - Safe, Dalfsen,"BLANK (s)
2000 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, "ClubWatNu"
1999 - OstreAnlaeg-park,Copenhagen,Denmark,"House In Park" (s)
1999 - Societeit Baby,Amsterdam, "OOK"
1999 - De KunstRai,Amsterdam, "Uitgelicht 3"
1999 - De Kunstvlaai,Westergasfabriek,Amsterdam,"Uitgelicht 3"
1999 - ACHKDe Paviljoens,Almere, "PrivateRooms/Public Spaces"
1999 - GalerieNouvelles Images,DenHaag, "PrixNI"
1998 - Het Langhuis, Zwolle, "Girls on film"
1998 - FLYAKF,Goes, "Vliegendemannen/festifal Zuid-Beverland"
1998 - Melkfabriek,Den Bosch, "F=4Film"
1998 - Exedra,Hilversum
1998 - Welcome Stranger,Amsterdam, "Moving In"
1998 - Ziegler,Groningen, "Killing your darlings"
1998 - Montevideo,Amsterdam, "Bulls Eye"
1997 - StedelijkMuseumAmsterdam,"In de sloot, uit de sloot"
1997 - Bagagehal,Amsterdam, "Prix deRome 1997"
1997 - Sandberg 2,Hoorn, "De KolossaleMan"
1997 - ClaremontGallery, LosAngeles,USA, "BoosterUpDutchCourage"-
1997 - Paradiso,Amsterdam, "DeMooisteDag voor de Zeer Korte Film"
1997 - W139,Amsterdam, "De Kolossaleman" (solo)
1996 - VrieshuisAmerika,Amsterdam, "Summer of '96"
1996 - De Villa, Enschede, "De Villa Straalt"
1996 - Arti etAmecitiae,Amsterdam, "Vervolgens"
1996 - W139,Amsterdam, "Experienced"

Commissons/assignments
2003- 2005
Studio of theChiefGouvernementArchitect,
light-installation for theDutch Forensic Institute,
Claus&CaanArchitects, The Hague
2002
AmsterdamFund for FineArts, study for projection-installation
2000/2001
St.Werkvorm, FORTISbeeldendekunstPRIJS,
neonsculpture, for VillaMusica, Vlaardingen.
1999
AmsterdamArtFund, Westerpark light-study
1997- 2007
short video-films and leaders on several commissions

Tutorship, advisorywork
2005-2006- Netherlands Foundation for the VisualArts, Design andArchitecture, advisor board of grants
2005-2006- RietveldArtAcademy,Amsterdam, teacher fine arts,writing department
2002-2003 AkiArtAcademy Enschede, teachermixedmedia
2000-2002 RietveldArtAcademy,Amsterdam, teacher newmedia-arts foundation-year

Workshops, lectures, usw
2004 ZhuHaiArtCollege,Guangdong,China, guest-lecture
2003 JimeiArtCollege, Xiamen,China, guest-lecture
2003 XiamenArtCollege,China, art history department, guest-lecture
2002 RietveldArtAcademy,Amsterdam, StudiumGenerale, guest-lecture
2002 XiamenArtCollege,China, guestteacher, videoworkshop
2002 Chinese EuropeanArtCenter, Xiamen, guestcurator newmedia exhibition
2001 KAap,ArtAcademyArnhem, StudiumGenerale, guest-lecture.
2000 Zeebelt-Theatre, TheHague, lecture.
2000 KAap,ArtAcademyArnhem, StudiumGenerale, guest-lecture.
1999 RietveldAcademy,Amsterdam, sculpture department, guest teacher .
1999 The Park of the Future,Amsterdam, assistention exhibition co-ordination
1998 RietveldAcademie,Amsterdam,audio-visual dept. coordination graduation exhibition

(s) = solotentoonstelling

De volgende instellingen bieden werk aan en organiseren exposities:
METIS-NL, Amsterdam

Opleiding aan de volgende academie(s):
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam

Publikaties
PRESENT. Kunst bij Rijksgebouwen 2004-2006
The Red Snowball. Ten Years of Cross-cultural Activities: European Chinese Art Center
Toon publikaties met afbeeldingen in apart venster